Unfortunately this does happen in London and it happens in Northern Ireland.
I've lost Uncles and friends who have been posted in NI to fight the "war"
with the terrorists in Ireland. It's a war Britain will never win. My dad
was sent there twice when I was younger, he watched his buddies shot before
his eyes, he's had petrol bombs hurled at him and this has been going on for
years. Why doesn't Britain bomb Ireland??? (Rhetorical question!)...
Terrorists exist, some are ignored in the hope that they go away, others
continue to fight after 10,20,30 years.

Greg, you have a point. I don't fully agree with killing to retaliate.

However, if the US doesn't do anything about this, there's no guarantee this
won't happen again. I went home yesterday because I was scared out of my
pants, and I'm in Florida. No one anywhere, US or otherwise, is safe if
this kind of terrorism can't be prevented. I'm afraid to get on a plane to
attend my brother's wedding in a couple of months.

Unfortunately I don't think we have a choice. We can't do NOTHING or issue
a 'strong statement'. (Especially with the public speaking skills of our
president - ugh.)

Would you have such a forgiving attitude if this would have happened in
London, and you lost your family?

My deepest sympathies to anyone who has a personal connection to the
events
that have occurred.

It's sad that people are celebrating. Perhaps some of them have
their own
sorrows and horrors, perhaps some are young and stupid, and perhaps some are

just sick or evil or both. But I think we've seen right here on Oracle-L
that inappropriate responses are not confined to the Middle East.

But saddest of all, IMHO, is the mindview expressed so well by the
following
comment.

"We need to be cool, calm, convinced and know what we want to hit -
and
utterly destroy it. Completely." Well, that's probably a very succinct way
of expressing the core beliefs of each of the murderers involved in creating

this ghastly mess. To anyone who calls for an air strike anywhere as a
result of this, I hope that lots and lots of people stand up and reply,
"THIS WAS AN AIR STRIKE, YOU IDIOT. This is EXACTLY what you're suggesting
should be repeated in someone else's country. Innocent people suffering,
lots of them. Many of whom will probably sincerely regret the events of
11th September 2001 and feel no sympathies for those responsible, regardless

of what their government may be saying at the time."

Perhaps you could be cool, calm, convinced and know what you want
your
country to ACHIEVE ... and presumably the primary goal is that this tragedy
is never repeated, anywhere in the world. I suggest that airport security
looks like a good place to start, possibly also the lock on the door from
the cabin to the cockpit.

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